Once again, the weather has been wet and miserable. I was meant to go down to Maidstone to do some coffee shop visits, but I am hoping to do that on Monday or this Saturday. In fact, I also cancelled a meeting with Phil for drinks and thus we shall reconvene next week ( Read more... )

I have been with my current building society since 2012. I did not know they did a monthly prize draw. I had an email from them to say I had won £100! I double-checked by phoning my local branch and they confirmed it is true and not a scam. I said to the gal on the other side of the phone call that I have never won anything from a bank or building ( Read more... )

Whilst in Crawley, i had some time to trawl the charity shops and found these for more than fifty pence each -


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Eric Hobsbawm "How To Change The World : Tales Of Marx and Marxism" (Abacus)


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So after the convivial time spent at the Bedford yesterday i took the bus back to Maidstone and because of the time situation with no extant buses running to Faversham i had to transfer to the Chatham bus and go home by train. Hence not getting home till nine in the evening ( Read more... )

I find it quite mind boggling that the Co-op Group can have lost so much money, and to put it in perspective, here is a  link to my brother's blog that really does show up the ineptitude of the Co-op in losing such a sum.

http://abulldoginbrighton.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/co-op-group-loses-25-billion.html?spref=fb

Another scintillating morning at the radio station followed by an hour or so at the Office. Meanwhile, before popping into SFM Towers, i went into Nationwide to do a mini statement. I leave the bank, then after doing my stint at the radio station, realise i left my card in the ATM ( Read more... )

John Keats Everyman Poet Library (Everyman Poetry)


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Ivan Turgenev "Fathers And Sons" (Oxford World Classics)


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As promised here is the list of the books I intend to read and / or finish during 2013 Fifty Book Challenge. Last year I read 78 books and hope to do the same amount this year.

Slavoj Zizek - In Defence Of Lost Causes
Jeet Thayil - Narcopolis
Noam Chomsky - Rogue States
Frank Furedi - Where Have All The Intellectuals Gone ?
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